9 Provisions of the Constitution that pertains to Social Justice
1.) Section 9, Article II
Section 9. The State shall promote a just and dynamic social order that will ensure the prosperity and independence of the nation and free the people from poverty through policies that provide adequate social services, promote full employment, a rising standard of living, and an improved quality of life for all. 2.) Section 10, Article II Section 10. The State shall promote social justice in all phases of national development. 3.) Section 11, Article II Section 11. The State values the dignity of every human person and guarantees full respect for human rights. 4.) Section 2, Article XIII Section 2. The promotion of social justice shall include the commitment to create economic opportunities based on freedom of initiative and self-reliance. 5.) Section 3(1), Article XIII Section 3. The State shall afford full protection to labor, local and overseas, organized and unorganized, and promote full employment and equality of employment opportunities for all. 6.) Section 4, Article XIII Section 4. The State shall, by law, undertake an agrarian reform program founded on the right of farmers and regular farmworkers who are landless, to own directly or collectively the lands they till or, in the case of other farmworkers, to receive a just share of the fruits thereof. To this end, the State shall encourage and undertake the just distribution of all agricultural lands, subject to such priorities and reasonable retention limits as the Congress may prescribe, taking into account ecological, developmental, or equity considerations, and subject to the payment of just compensation. In determining retention limits, the State shall respect the right of small landowners. The State shall further provide incentives for voluntary land-sharing. 7.) Section 10 (1), Article XIII Section 10. Urban or rural poor dwellers shall not be evicted nor their dwelling demolished, except in accordance with law and in a just and humane manner. 8.) Section 11, Article XIII Section 11. The State shall adopt an integrated and comprehensive approach to health development which shall endeavor to make essential goods, health and other social services available to all the people at affordable cost. There shall be priority for the needs of the underprivileged, sick, elderly, disabled, women, and children. The State shall endeavor to provide free medical care to paupers. 9.) Section 12, Article XIII Section 12. The State shall establish and maintain an effective food and drug regulatory system and undertake appropriate health, manpower development, and research, responsive to the countrys health needs and problems.